Performance Testing with SAP HANA

Cognizant Technology Solutions is looking for "Performance Testing with SAP HANA" to join in our team of IT professionals in a permanent role. If you meet our background requirements and skills and are looking for an opportunity with these skills and expertise, here is the ideal opportunity for you!

About Cognizant's QEA Practice:
We are the largest Quality Assurance Practice Globally servicing 800+ Clients. We bring the industry leading vision and expertise to help with Quality Engineering transformation journey for our reputed clients. We provide Next Gen QA offerings like System Modernization assurance, Business Process Assurance, Quality Engineering, Cloud Platform Assurance, Customer Experience Assurance and Robotic Test Automation. We have been ranked #1 for Market Impact by Everest Group for four times in a row and ranked #1 for completeness of vision, test advisory and Digital Business Assurance in Gartner Magic Quadrant!

Performance Testing with SAP HANA
Location: Austin, TX

Required Qualifications:
* Minimum of 5 years of proven hands-on experience in performance engineering, with specific exposure to SAP systems.
* Strong experience in performance testing of SAP applications.
* Experience working on S/4 HANA implementations both Brownfield and Greenfield.
* Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Python, Perl, ABAP, Java, and C++.
* Expertise in performance testing tools, including LoadRunner Enterprise, Apache JMeter, SoapUI, and Postman.
* Strong analytical skills, with experience in data analysis, visualization, end-to-end performance evaluation, and root cause analysis.
* Experience working with service-oriented architecture (SOA) and RESTful APIs.
* In-depth knowledge of performance-tuning SQL queries.
* Proficient in using application performance monitoring tools, such as Dynatrace and AppDynamics.
* Skilled in using various profiling tools to efficiently identify performance bottlenecks.
* Extensive hands-on experience with JVM tuning techniques.

Roles/Responsibilities:
* Define, develop, and apply performance and scalability benchmarks to ensure optimal system functionality.
* DB performance tuning, Log analysis, experience in Application Performance Monitoring tools like AppDynamics, DynaTrce, Splunk etc.
* Collaborate with multi-functional teams to characterize, debug, and enhance system performance and scalability across various components.
* Apply profiling tools efficiently to identify performance bottlenecks, providing in-depth root cause analysis.
* Design and conduct experiments to assess the performance impacts of system modifications and enhancements.
* Plan, implement, and analyze performance tests using an automated testing environment, ensuring comprehensive result evaluation.
* Participate in architecture and design reviews of complex solutions across teams, owning the quality perspectives for the design and contributing to cross-team engineering efforts.
* Oversee performance engineering for SAP systems, ensuring optimal efficiency and stability.
* Perform performance testing on SAP applications, analyzing the results to drive improvements.
* Contribute to the successful implementation of S/4 HANA, focusing on performance aspects of the system.
* Write and maintain scripts and tools using one or more programming languages to aid in performance analysis.
* Tune databases and optimize SQL queries to ensure high performance in production and testing environments.
* Leverage Application Performance Management (APM) tools, such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and Splunk, to monitor and optimize system performance.

Work Authorization:
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

* Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
* Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
* 401(k) plan and contributions
* Long-term/Short-term Disability
* Paid Parental Leave
* Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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